quoted 6 lines oh i wasn't directing it at you. thats why it was phrased the way it was>oh i wasn't directing it at you. thats why it was phrased the way it was
>(though i guess it could have been better). i was just sort of thinking
>out loud because i sometimes wonder how many people understand the way
>this works, and no its not an absolute.....
>
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quoted 4 lines That said, I agree - it's probably best (if you can) to purchase> That said, I agree - it's probably best (if you can) to purchase
> directly from labels, if the label budgets itself as a
> direct-selling label...
>
The other side of the equation is that if everyone cuts out the
'middleman', we'd best hope ALL labels (at least the niche market ones
implied in this genre) will sell direct, as the people who do that
importing and take some of the cost off for those not in the same
location of the label will go the way of the fading labels.
I bought from Sending Orbs when they sold from their site exclusively,
but it *is* much cheaper to buy it from a US seller (which is one of the
many reasons I am quick to promo the indies like PBE, Ear/Rational,
etc.). Those indie sellers will often carry things the major distros
have chosen not to stock, like the Ampoule, U-Cover, etc. stuff - so the
other side of that coin is that there are many mouths to feed and
starving out any of them is not good for availability at the end user
(my) level or the market in general in terms of what might have a chance
for exposure.
I often buy direct from artists - but I will also buy from other areas.
Spread the love and support the artists you appreciate. There's more
than one way to do it and your local independent seller fits into that
picture as well. I'm not hating on the FE's, either - the indies work
with them. It's just that the Hodgsons and the Steinharts will carry a
wider variety of things that some of those big distros - for whatever
reason - choose not to mess with. And it's quite often those things I'm
after.
jeff
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